Recent content by DannnyC61

I went for a lower than usual GI because my knees are shot and my legs are weak. The statins they make you take after a heart-attack seem to lay waste to muscle tissue. Across the available gear range I anticipate 18MPH in top gear at a leisurely 60 Cadence. The trike has to be totally usable...

Please find below a link to the gallery of the build pics for this trike. Please bear in mind that I am just a garage hacker and I'm doing this for the enjoyment of the build process as much as for making a bike that I will be able to go touring on. The previous trike I made was seriously...

Here is the first testing of the rear changer and the N380.

Here's a vid of the current "pro-tem" front chain gobbling derailleur. We are looking at a more elegant and functional solution for this and I hope to have it in place before the next tour. In the meantime I will do all my drive-train testing with what I have at the moment.

Yes, I will put some more pictures up if it ever stops raining again.

Ahhhh.... then that's my error then. Apologies. I knew that people had mounted different spiders and alternate sized rings, but I had not realised they had done the double; but its so logical and obvious, so silly me.

Why the head-scratching? Maybe I am completely wrong.

Oh... and before anyone jumps to the false conclusion that I am a genius. This idea was not mine. The double-ring on the Bafang was indeed my idea, but the mid-box Idea belongs to my good friend John Price who dreamt it up and it just happens that I am the first to implement it in a build. I...

Here's one. The spacers are a mix of the one's I recovered from the cassettes I plundered for sprockets and some that a friend 3D printed for me. The block is held together with 2.5mm 12.9 hardness bolts and brass nuts. A standard cassette cap-nut holds the re-combined set of cogs on the carrier.

Hi David, Probably yes. Have changed the setting to unlisted. Try now?

So, I have been working on my new trike for over a year now and as a home-builder the hobby is a lot of fun, I have learned a lot about welding, steering design and gearing. The trike is intended to be a modest touring machine capable of reasonable speeds and with decent gearing (NOT a racer)...

ALL rim manufacturers specify the max spoke tension for their rims. I was silly enough to buy a Park tensionmeter for my own use and its an expensive "nice-to-have". However, it is an eye-opener too. LOL. I laced 2 new wheels for the e-trike I am making and I was pleased to find that I not...

Ann, If you can manage it, it is well worth the effort. Holland is a delight. e-assist meant that I never felt in any jeopardy regarding my safe return to base and I was able to tune the assist to my physical needs for each section of a day's travel. Wonderful!!!!

I think the most Miles per day was around 40. We carried all our own gear in trailers that we parked at our camping sites while we explored each new area. All camping. Vehicles were parked at the ferry terminal in the UK. :-)

Sorry to all who have been kind enough to reply or express an interest in my first ever tour abroad, I have been absent for too long and Microsoft has destroyed my PC too many times this year. I am building a new trike this year and hope to repeat my touring experience at an early opportunity...